5TSO Unit 3, Step 4: A tiny problem

Step 4: A tiny problem
Selecting the most important information from a text
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EngelsSecundair onderwijs

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Step 4: A tiny problem
Selecting the most important information from a text

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1 / Microwhat?

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Microplastics:
what do you know about them?

Slide 3 - Mind map

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p. 135 video

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Some companies make microplastics on purpose.
The USA is playing a leading role in banishing the microplastics
Plastic often contains dangerous chemicals.
Bigger bits of plastic break down into smaller bits.
There are natural, biodegradable solutions for microplastics.
Microplastics are becoming a really big issue for marine animals.
Plastics gets stuck inside the animal's stomach.

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Microplastics can be formed from clothes in the washing machine.
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true
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false

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An average bottle of face scrub contains about half a million microplastics.
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true
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false

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Microplastics make up for 75% of the total amount of plastic in our environment.
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true
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false

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Dangerous chemicals from plastic are also a threat to humans.
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true
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false

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Most of the microplastics are filtered out in water treatment plants.
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true
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false

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In Australia supermarkets don't sell products containing microplastics from 1 January 2018 onwards.
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true
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false

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p. 136 - read the text

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What are microplastics, according to the text? Describe in 1 sentence.

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Why are microplastics dangerous? (How dangerous are microplastics?)

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There are 2 kinds of microplastics, which ones?

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There are two kinds of microplastics:
  • microplastics produced for specific purposes (e.g. plastic pellets in scrubs)
  • fragments from larger plastic objects 

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How do e.g. plastic pellets end up in oceans and rivers?

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How are larger plastic objects turned into microplastics?

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Read the text again.
  • Underline topical sentences (usually in the beginning of each paragraph)
  • Fill in the outline of the text on p. 137.
  • Take a picture of your outline and post it on the next slide!

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Post the picture of your outline here!

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Ex . 9, p. 138
Word formation.
Which of the following words are: 
  • nouns
  • adjectives
  • verbs
Do the matching exercise next!

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NOUN
ADJECTIVE
VERB
abrasion
abrade
solubility
solution
degradable
soluble
abrasive
degradation
degrade
dissolve

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Ex. 9
Word formation: go to Smartschool > Engels 5TSO > Oefeningen

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Practice
Work in teams.
Your team will get a whiteboard and marker.
Write down the correct word within the set time limit.
Pass the whiteboard to the left when you are done.

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What is the noun of 'to degrade'?

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What is the adjective of 'to dispose'?

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What is the verb of 'abrasive'?

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What is the noun of 'to pollute'?

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What is the noun of 'to renew'?

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What is the verb of 'soluble'?

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What is the noun of 'soluble'?

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What is the adjective of 'to waste'?

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What is the adjective of 'extinction'?

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What is the noun of 'to reuse'?

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What is the noun of 'to dispose'?

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What is the noun of 'to deforest'?

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What is the adjective of 'production'?

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What is the adjective of 'environment'?

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What is the adjective of 'to dissolve'?

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What is the noun of 'to abrade'?

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2/ Captions
Go to Smartschool > Engels 5TSO > Oefeningen

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